Forty years later, research by Prof. Ruth Defrin of the Department of Physical Therapy in the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University shows that the ex-prisoners of war (POWs), continue to suffer from dysfunctional pain perception and regulation, likely as a result of their torture. The study — conducted in collaboration with Prof. Zahava Solomon and Prof. Karni Ginzburg of TAU’s Bob Shapell School of Social Work and Prof. Mario Mikulincer of the School of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya — was published in the European Journal of Pain.

“The human body’s pain system can either inhibit or excite pain. It’s two sides of the same coin,” says Prof. Defrin. “Usually, when it does more of one, it does less of the other. But in Israeli ex-POWs, torture appears to have caused dysfunction in both directions. Our findings emphasize that tissue damage can have long-term systemic effects and needs to be treated immediately.”

I was staying with this old viet nam vet in an RV on the streets of Seattle. He was trying to screw with me one night and poked me with a lit cigarette trying to make me jump. He couldn’t get me to flinch. After a while it freaked him out a little. I don’t want to get all marked up though, so its not like I want to dare people to do it to me all the time. But it made me wonder if my pain threshold is screwed up.

Calypso_1

Your roommate threshold may be a bit off as well. ; )

Ted Heistman

Actually it was a pretty sweet deal.Rent was One 20 ounce beer per day, after I got home from Labor ready.

The Well Dressed Man

Interesting. Comparing these results to hardcore BDSM players would likely lead to opposite results IMO. Set and setting.

Calypso_1

A lot would have to do with how deeply the organism is stressed, including nutritional deprivation.

The Well Dressed Man

Yep. I guess if there really is no safeword, things go to another level entirely